Internship Opportunities

We encourage undergraduate students and require graduate students to pursue an internship
in public history to gain hands-on practice in the field and valuable work experience
for their resumes.

The university's location in historic northwest Georgia and close proximity to Atlanta
offers a wide array of excellent internship opportunities. Many of our students have
also chosen to intern at museums, archives, and historic sites throughout Georgia,
the southeastern United States, and even other parts of the country.

Internships allow students to sample the field of public history, to learn what types
of work they enjoy, and to acquire valuable skills and experience that may serve them
in future careers. Some of our students have ended up with jobs in the institutions
where they interned.

Public history internships are available for undergraduate and graduate students each
semester, in the fall, spring, and summer. Internships are three-credit courses requiring
150 hours of work experience. All internships require preapproval of the faculty sponsor
before registration. We are willing to work with a variety of sponsorship partners
(see our list of previous internship sponsors), but the sponsoring organization must
have a professionally-trained public historian on staff to supervise the student intern.

For Internship Sponsors:

There are a wide range of internships available. For more information on internship
opportunities or to register for an internship, contact Ann McCleary at 678-839-6041
or by email atamcclear@westga.edu.

Internship Locations

Internship Locations

This is a list of some of our current and most recent internship placements. We can
also help students find internships throughout Georgia as well as across the country
and at a range of public history venues. Additional internship postings are available
on our UWG public history list-serve and on our public history bulletin board.